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Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Architecture "Book of the Year" Award!

Exquisite examples of traditional dwellings are scattered throughout modern-day China. Chinese Houses focuses on 20 well-preserved traditional Chinese homes, presenting examples from a range of rural and metropolitan areas throughout China.

The photographs of each are accompanied by extensive background information and historical content. An introductory essay examines the different types of Chinese homes and provides an overview of the rich regional variety of Chinese dwelling forms. It also provides insights into little-known design concepts that emphasize the flexibility, adaptability, and versatility of traditional building forms and the work of classical craftsmen.

Richly illustrated with photographs, woodblock prints, historical images, and line drawings, Chinese Houses portrays an architectural tradition of fantastic range and resilience.

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• Foreword(p. 8)
• Part 1 The Architecture of the Chinese House(p. 10)
• Part 2 The Chinese House as Living Space(p. 52)
• Part 3 China's Fine Heritage Houses(p. 98)
• A Beijing Courtyard House: Mei Lanfang's Siheyuan, Beijing(p. 100)
• Northern Mountain Houses: Chuandixia Village, Mentougou, Beijing(p. 112)
• Jiangnan Canal Houses: Homes in Yangzi Delta Watertowns, Jiangnan(p. 120)
• An Educator's Residence: Shen Family Home, Luzhi, Jiangsu Province(p. 132)
• A Scholar's Study: Xu Wei's Green Vine Studio, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province(p. 140)
• A Millionaire's Home: Kang Family Manor, Henan Province(p. 146)
• A Three-Story Ming Dynasty House: Wang Ganchen's "Swallow's Wing Hall", Chengkan, Anhui Province(p. 156)
• A Merchant's Residence: Wang Dinggui's "Hall of Inheriting Ambition", Anhui Province(p. 166)
• The Five Phoenix Mansion: Lin Family's "Fortune in Abundance Tower", Fujian Province(p. 176)
• Round Fortress Ramparts in Fujian: "Inspiring Success Tower" and "Like a Sheng Tower", Fujian Province(p. 184)
• Hakka Encircling Dragons: De Xing Tang and Ning'an Lu Weilongwu, Guangdong Province(p. 192)
• A Mandarin's Mansion in Hong Kong: Man Chung-luen's Residence, Hong Kong, SAR(p. 202)
• A Country Farmhouse: Mao Zedong's Boyhood Home, Hunan Province(p. 210)
• A Landlord's Village Home: Liu Shaoqi's Boyhood Home, Hunan Province(p. 220)
• Urban Dwellings in Northern Sichuan: Ma and Feng Family Residences, Langzhong, Sichuan Province(p. 228)
• A U-Shaped Farmhouse: Deng Xiaoping's Boyhood Home, Sichuan Province(p. 240)
• A Grand Qing Manor and a Simple Ming Courtyard House: Qiao Family Manor and Ding Family Village, Shanxi Province(p. 248)
• The Manor of a Bean Curd Maker: Wang Family Manor, Jingsheng, Shanxi Province(p. 256)
• Walled City Residences: Fan Family Courtyard, Pingyao, Shanxi Province(p. 264)
• Cave Dwellings of the North: Subterranean Adaptations, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi Provinces(p. 274)
• Bibliography(p. 282)
• Index(p. 284)
• Acknowledgments(p. 287)

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Library Journal Review

Much as he did in China's Old Dwellings, Knapp here examines vernacular architecture in northern and southern China. He discusses the elements that make up a Chinese home while revealing the cultural, historical, political, and sociological aspects of Chinese life that have gone into the development of the architecture and decorative ornamentation. The focus is on 20 "heritage homes" that have been preserved and typify a vernacular style (e.g., cave dwellings in the northern provinces) or are deemed significant because of their inhabitants (e.g., Mao Zedong's boyhood home). This scholarly, detailed work, beautifully illustrated with historic black-and-white photos, contemporary color photos, floor plans, and elevations, is recommended for large collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Ronald G. Knapp , Distinguished Professor Emeritus at SUNY, New Paltz, is the author of numerous books on China's cultural and historical geography, including Asia's Old Dwellings: Tradition, Resilience, and Change (2003), China's Old Dwellings (2000), and China's Walled Cities (2000).